REPORT MADE AT 2009 WAHO CONFERENCE:

My name is Nabil Nasrallah, General Manager of the Beirut Hippodrome, representing the WAHO Registering Authority in Lebanon.

Knowing that Lebanon is a very small country with a long tradition and history of horse-racing over a hundred years, we are working hard to develop the horse-racing for registered WAHO approved Arabians, and hope to organize an International Arabian race next year.

Of course, all our foals, breeding horses and imported horses are all DNA typed and the foals are parent verified. Here we have to confirm again the real problems we encounter, in common with most of the Registrars, which is the delay most of the owners or breeders are taking to register their horses. However I am confident that the DNA typing and parent verification is extending a guarantee of registration. Our next stud book volume will be available on our website, with the previous ones, after July 2009. Thank you for your attention.

REPORT MADE AT 2007 WAHO CONFERENCE:

The current published stud book is the combined volume 3 & 4 to 2004. There are thought to be approximately 200 living Arabian horses in Lebanon, racing is the most popular activity.

As all of you know, Lebanon had a very bad year in 2006 and consequently a significant decrease of all our Arabian activities in comparison to previous years. Moreover, as all foals as well as imported horses and in-transit horses undergo DNA typing for parent verification, most of the owners delay their registration as long as they can. Our next stud book volume will be available on our website with the previous ones, by July 2007. We are confident that by the next WAHO meeting in 2009 we will have much more to report.